Thursday, July 05, 2007

The Leafs are looking for a senior hockey executive to mentor JFJ. It seems after four years of being the GM of a storied franchise in one of hockey's biggest markets, poor JFJ is apparently "still learning" and in need of some senior counsel.

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I'm hoping Muckler says no, but sadly I doubt it'll happen.Not really a big fan of him, I fail to see anything he did prior to Ottawa that was particularly outstanding or remarkable in any way.

Hung around Edmonton duuring the 80's but was hardly a factor in their success. Was in Buffalo for awhile and had a decent if unspectacular time.Came into a situation in Ottawa with a young team, that was very cheap and extremely strong.... and... they got older, more expensive and not much better. Besides inheriting an elite team he hasn't done much to show me he was a huge asset there.

Not surprised Poile turned the position down, though I'm not sure it's as much due to a reluctance to go to Toronto as it is a reluctance to accept what's effectively a demotion.Why go from a comfy GM spot in Nashville to being merely an advisor in Toronto?

This whole charade is ridiculous in any case. If the Leafs brass doesn't believe JFJ is a capable GM then they should be looking for a better GM, not sticking with a poor status quo and hoping a handful of big name executives are so desperate to come to Toronto they'll happily take what for many is a lesser position here then their already in.

I wouldn't call the position a demotion, but rather a different challenge. It's not for someone that actively wants to be in control of the day-to-day operations. It's ideal for someone like Bowman who has a great deal of hockey knowledge, is past that point of his life where he wants to go into the office every single day, but isn't quite ready to golf 24/7.

I like the idea in principle but don't think that anyone of substance would ever demean themselves to become involved with Peddie and his band of fools.

Not sure I agree with that, if people of 'substance' are willing ti go to places like Colombus which make Toronto look like the epitime of success I imagine they'd come here, and we always have the ever present allure of 'Toronto' working for us.

IMHO the no's are simply due to the position being offered and the knowledge that ultimately JFJ is still in charge and they have no power to remove him regardless of how poorly he does.

It's just not a very appealing position, and most of these guys can certainly aspire to more elsewhere.

Well, I'm not sure that the kind of person they're looking for wants to aspire to more elsewhere. Remember, they're not looking for a full-time GM, but an experienced hockey mind that wants to remain involved in the sport but in a semi-retired capacity.

Bowman would have been the perfect choice but he has too much class to get involved in the nonsense flying around the ACC.

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Don Cherry would make great senior management. Watch the Leafs truly fall into oblivion. Not sure why Bobby Clarke said 'no' as he is quite the laughing stock in Philly these days. Perhaps Toronto would give Messier an adviser position as Glen Sather doesn't want him near the management office.